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Towards the end of 2017, Dawn – an HR expert who loves Zumba - felt like she was fighting a respiratory illness and went to see her nurse practitioner, Catherine Ramsey, at UW Medicine. Ramsey believed it to be a mild case of pneumonia but ordered a CT scan to confirm. The CT scan showed a small tumor on Dawn’s lung. Dawn was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma.
Bob has been a bowler all his life, and was even a bowling champion. So he was in good physical shape when he learned of his prostate cancer diagnosis at age 75. His urologist recommended he go with proton therapy for minimal side effects.
After a routine physical revealed that he had elevated PSA levels, Randy was shocked to discover he had prostate cancer. “That phone call from my urologist was tough!” says Randy. “My dad had prostate cancer at 75. My PSA had been trending up a bit, but I figured I had another 20 years before I had to deal with it. It is very concerning to hear that you have cancer!” Learn what steps Randy took next.
Read an inspiring story about a University of Washington master’s student and former brain cancer patient who is continuing to spread joy to those around her.
Mark is a unicyclist and a cancer survivor. He was diagnosed with Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Parotid, a salivary gland cancer. He vanquished it with proton therapy and unicycled 104 miles back and forth to do it. Read Mark's interesting story.
